The coronavirus pandemic will cause many cash-strapped Americans to sell their homes, flooding the market with excess supply.
A U.S. housing crisis is coming and although it won't be anything like the last one, that won't make it any less painful. Even though there has been no rampant speculation or subprime mortgage fraud, housing is still overvalued. And the dearth of inventory that's plagued the current cycle will reverse in violent fashion once the worst of the virus has passed as financially strapped homeowners seek to raise cash. And as affordability collapses with fewer buyers